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Looking for Life on Mars

Looking for Life on Mars

NASA launches its most ambitious hunt for traces of life on Mars, landing a car-sized rover in a rocky, ancient river delta. The rover will stow samples for possible return to Earth and test technology that may pave the way for human travel to Mars.
Season 48 Episode 2 Length 53:46 Premiere: 02/24/21

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NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang

Premiered On: 11/24/2021

Nova probes the mystery of the Big Bang with stunning animation based on space telescope images.

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Eagle Power

Premiered On: 05/20/2020

What makes eagles so remarkable? Researchers study one incredible bird, revealing her exceptional strength, eyesight, and flying skills. In-the-nest footage of a new bald eagle family captures the drama of chicks struggling to survive.

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Operation Lighthouse Rescue

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Engineers race to rescue the Gay Head Lighthouse, a historic landmark perched high on the cliffs of Martha's Vineyard, soon to become the next victim of the ocean's erosion of the island's cliffs.

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A to Z: The First Alphabet

Premiered On: 09/23/2020

Follow the evolution of the written word, from millennia-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to our modern-day alphabets.

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A to Z: How Writing Changed the World

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Just as handwritten records changed how societies work, the printing press transformed the spread of information, igniting the Industrial Revolution.

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Nature's Fear Factor

Premiered On: 10/14/2020

Scientists are reintroducing wild dogs to Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park to restore a "landscape of fear" and with it the natural balance of the ecosystem.

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Ultimate Space Telescope - S49 E10

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Season 48 Episodes

Ancient Maya Metropolis
S48 E22 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 01/26/22

Alaskan Dinosaurs
S48 E21 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 01/19/22

Butterfly Blueprints
S48 E20 Length 53:31 Premiere Date 01/12/22

NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang
S48 E19 Length 53:16 Premiere Date 11/24/21

NOVA Universe Revealed: Black Holes
S48 E18 Length 53:16 Premiere Date 11/17/21

NOVA Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds
S48 E17 Length 53:17 Premiere Date 11/10/21

NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way
S48 E16 Length 53:17 Premiere Date 11/03/21

NOVA Universe Revealed: Age of Stars
S48 E15 Length 53:17 Premiere Date 10/27/21

Edible Insects
S48 E14 Length 53:28 Premiere Date 10/20/21

Arctic Drift
S48 E13 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 10/13/21

Particles Unknown
S48 E12 Length 53:28 Premiere Date 10/06/21

The Cannabis Question
S48 E11 Length 53:36 Premiere Date 09/29/21

Bat Superpowers
S48 E10 Length 53:23 Premiere Date 09/15/21

Ship That Changed the World
S48 E9 Length 53:12 Premiere Date 06/02/21

High-Risk High-Rise
S48 E8 Length 53:00 Premiere Date 01/05/22

Great Electric Airplane Race
S48 E7 Length 53:07 Premiere Date 05/26/21

Hindenburg: The New Evidence
S48 E6 Length 53:13 Premiere Date 05/19/21

Fighting for Fertility
S48 E5 Length 53:06 Premiere Date 05/12/21

Reef Rescue
S48 E4 Length 53:21 Premiere Date 04/21/21

Picture a Scientist
S48 E3 Length 1:33:06 Premiere Date 04/14/21

Looking for Life on Mars
S48 E2 Length 53:46 Premiere Date 02/24/21

Secrets in our DNA
S48 E1 Length 53:26 Premiere Date 01/13/21

Specials

Picture a Scientist (with Audio Description)
Length 1:52:37 Premiere Date 04/14/21

Looking for Life on Mars (with Audio Description)
Length 53:46 Premiere Date 02/24/21

Beyond the Elements: Life (with Audio Description)
Length 53:17 Premiere Date 02/17/21

Beyond the Elements: Indestructible (with Audio Description)
Length 53:17 Premiere Date 02/10/21

Beyond the Elements: Reactions (with Audio Description)
Length 53:17 Premiere Date 02/03/21

Secrets in our DNA (with Audio Description)
Length 53:26 Premiere Date 01/13/21

Treasures Metals Eiffel Tower
Length 02:09 Premiere Date 12/09/16

A Labyrinth of Lava
Length 01:13 Premiere Date 11/02/15

Driving Dinosaur Diversity
Length 01:47 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Pangea
Length 00:56 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Making Granite From Volcanic Rock
Length 02:16 Premiere Date 10/22/15

A Massive Volcanic Eruption
Length 01:14 Premiere Date 10/22/15

From Mud to Rock
Length 01:36 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Finding Stromatolites
Length 01:23 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Stromatolites Were Kings
Length 01:05 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Ancient Life
Length 00:28 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Millions of Years Captured in Chalk
Length 01:17 Premiere Date 10/22/15

A Fourteen-Foot Fish From Kansas
Length 01:38 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Hell Creek Formation
Length 01:10 Premiere Date 10/22/15

No Dinosaurs Above the Line
Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Mammal Survivors
Length 01:40 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Dinosaur Fossils
Length 01:53 Premiere Date 10/22/15

King of Gore
Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/22/15

Manhattan Skyline
Length 00:52 Premiere Date 10/21/15

New York's Mountains
Length 01:13 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Rock Time Capsules
Length 01:18 Premiere Date 10/21/15

The Sandstone Top of the Canyon
Length 01:15 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Fossil-Filled Limestone
Length 00:54 Premiere Date 10/21/15

The Grand Canyon's Oldest Rocks
Length 00:19 Premiere Date 10/21/15

From Lava to Land
Length 02:14 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Semi-Precious Pebbles
Length 00:57 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Five Steps of Volcanic Rock
Length 00:26 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Tearing North America Apart
Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Fossilized Sand Dunes
Length 01:15 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Volcanoes of Sand
Length 01:33 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Rockies 2.0
Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Manhattan Schist
Length 01:13 Premiere Date 10/21/15

Grand Canyon 4
Length 00:19 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Mendenhall Glacier
Length 02:51 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Monument Rocks 1
Length 01:18 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Monument Rocks 2
Length 01:48 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 1
Length 01:26 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 3
Length 00:28 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Exuma Cays 4
Length 03:22 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 1
Length 00:57 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 2
Length 00:24 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 3
Length 01:06 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Gooseberry Falls 4
Length 01:01 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Mount Kilauea
Length 01:30 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 1
Length 01:19 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 2
Length 01:05 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Grand Canyon 3
Length 00:58 Premiere Date 08/02/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 1
Length 04:11 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 2
Length 01:00 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 3
Length 00:35 Premiere Date 05/12/15

Lethal Seas Excerpt 4
Length 00:51 Premiere Date 05/12/15

The Mother of Hubble
Length 02:28 Premiere Date 04/14/15

Formation of a Typhoon
Length 01:34 Premiere Date 06/25/14

Flatfish Larvae
Length 00:51 Premiere Date 05/06/14

RNAi Explained
Length 01:47 Premiere Date 04/22/14

Dolphin Mirror
Length 03:18 Premiere Date 04/22/14

Dogs' Sense of Time
Length 01:28 Premiere Date 04/13/14

Cockatoo Excerpt
Length 01:30 Premiere Date 04/08/14

How Solar Cells Work
Length 00:33 Premiere Date 02/26/14

Solar Power's Promise
Length 00:51 Premiere Date 02/26/14

Microneedle
Length 01:41 Premiere Date 12/30/13

Non-Newtonian Gel
Length 01:00 Premiere Date 11/15/13

GM Plants
Length 01:27 Premiere Date 11/15/13

Soft-Story Buildings
Length 07:36 Premiere Date 11/13/13

Levitation
Length 00:50 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Superconductor
Length 01:47 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Animal Robot 1
Length 02:35 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Animal Robot 2
Length 02:02 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia
Length 01:11 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 2
Length 01:07 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 3
Length 01:43 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Therapeutic Hypothermia 4
Length 02:01 Premiere Date 10/24/13

Swarming Robots
Length 01:31 Premiere Date 10/21/13

Sneak Peek: Making Stuff Wilder
Length 06:14 Premiere Date 10/21/13

Sail Wing
Length 01:02 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Hydrofoil
Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Chicken Feathers
Length 01:56 Premiere Date 10/19/13

KillaCycle
Length 00:48 Premiere Date 10/19/13

How Batteries Work
Length 00:49 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Muon Detection
Length 01:52 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Muons
Length 01:25 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Plants White
Length 02:11 Premiere Date 10/19/13

DNA Patch
Length 01:19 Premiere Date 10/19/13

DNA Vaccine
Length 00:38 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Earthquake Test
Length 02:03 Premiere Date 10/19/13

David Drives
Length 01:27 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Virus Battery
Length 02:21 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Shelley
Length 02:07 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Robot Arm
Length 00:56 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Elephant Arm
Length 01:22 Premiere Date 10/19/13

FinGripper
Length 00:55 Premiere Date 10/19/13

Hagfish Defense
Length 01:36 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Slime Clothes
Length 01:00 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Pitcher Plant
Length 01:48 Premiere Date 10/17/13

SLIPS
Length 01:01 Premiere Date 10/17/13

Hagfish
Length 00:51 Premiere Date 10/17/13

New York City One Year Later: Telecommunications
Length 03:14 Premiere Date 10/16/13

Sneak Peek: Making Stuff Faster
Length 05:06 Premiere Date 10/15/13

David's Race
Length 01:28 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Steffen's Plan
Length 01:59 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Traveling Salesman
Length 01:21 Premiere Date 10/15/13

Eye Robot
Length 01:51 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Corkscrew Robot
Length 00:32 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Slow Goldfish
Length 01:39 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Bee Toxin
Length 01:31 Premiere Date 10/10/13

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Length 03:36 Premiere Date 10/07/13

Invisibility Cloak
Length 01:22 Premiere Date 09/24/13

Shape Memory Alloys
Length 00:32 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Jellyfish
Length 00:38 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Bird Wings
Length 01:56 Premiere Date 09/08/13

Shrinking Chips
Length 01:06 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Pizza Transistor
Length 01:34 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Graphene
Length 01:11 Premiere Date 09/05/13

Wheat Straw Plastic
Length 01:04 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Solar Leaves
Length 00:53 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Battle Jacket
Length 01:49 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Oobleck
Length 00:40 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Magnetic Oobleck
Length 00:54 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Life-Saving Non-Newtonian Fluids
Length 01:43 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Silicon Transistors
Length 00:50 Premiere Date 08/29/13

Starling 8
Length 00:44 Premiere Date 07/15/13

sandy-raw-1-2
Length 00:04 Premiere Date 07/08/13

sandy-raw-5-1
Length 01:02 Premiere Date 07/08/13

Chemotherapy Goes Small
Length 01:17 Premiere Date 07/01/13

The Making of a Cloud Old
Length 03:10 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Why So Many Cloud Types?
Length 03:35 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Clouds and Weather
Length 03:21 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Severe Storms
Length 03:37 Premiere Date 06/30/13

The Climate Wild Card
Length 03:02 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Life on Europa?
Length 02:25 Premiere Date 06/09/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_03
Length 01:41 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_04
Length 01:43 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_05
Length 01:04 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_06
Length 00:40 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_07
Length 03:07 Premiere Date 05/29/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_01
Length 00:35 Premiere Date 05/28/13

CloudLab_Megastorm_02
Length 00:31 Premiere Date 05/28/13

What Made the 1918 Flu So Deadly?
Length 01:28 Premiere Date 05/13/13

How the 1918 Flu Infected People
Length 00:25 Premiere Date 05/13/13

Fertilizing the Amazon
Length 03:27 Premiere Date 04/21/13

Flu Probabilities
Length 01:53 Premiere Date 04/16/13

Rare Earth Elements
Length 04:17 Premiere Date 04/01/13

CHNOPS: Ingredients for Life
Length 02:36 Premiere Date 03/12/13

Electromagnetic Spectrum
Length 00:44 Premiere Date 02/28/13

MODIS Sensor
Length 00:26 Premiere Date 02/28/13

Solving the Storage Problem
Length 02:26 Premiere Date 10/25/12

Putting Energy to Use Old
Length 02:14 Premiere Date 10/08/12

The Fabric of the Cosmos: What Is Space?
Length 53:02 Premiere Date 11/01/11

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